I’ve heard, “Where are the young people in this fight?” a lot. You know what we watched? The first round of Trump. Protests & impeachment didn’t work. Black Lives Matter. Palestine. Roe v Wade being overturned. Protests didn’t fix that either. We’re fighting differently this time. #GeneralStrike - ThreadSky

generalstrikeus.bsky.social • 10 days ago

I’ve heard, “Where are the young people in this fight?” a lot.

You know what we watched? The first round of Trump. Protests & impeachment didn’t work. Black Lives Matter. Palestine. Roe v Wade being overturned. Protests didn’t fix that either.

We’re fighting differently this time. #GeneralStrike

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wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•10 days ago

When’s that happening? Millions are out on the streets, every two weeks, and we’re waiting for this magical general strike that y’all are engaged in.
When is it going to start?

generalstrikeus.bsky.social•10 days ago

Why is it a bad thing for multiple forms of protest to occur? And for a strike, we’ve discussed with labor organizers many, many times how much planning goes into it. I don’t think being demeaning toward other people also fighting is helpful right now.

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•10 days ago

My question remains, when is this general strike happening and you are the one that said protests aren’t working, not me.
So, when is this general strike happening? In coordination with the protests that are actually happening? Or 🤷‍♀️

generalstrikeus.bsky.social•10 days ago

I would invite you to read to many, many resources we have on our LinkTree and website. We are collaborating with 50501, May Day Strong, & other groups to look at what a long term term strategy is. This isn’t a random call for a strike.

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•10 days ago

Union loves solidarity, it doesn’t take much to whip us into a frenzy. We should be out there now, in solidarity with every federal union employee losing their job.
We should be planning a month of federal tax exemption to starve the Treasury.
We need to be wearing our union tees EVERY Friday, and

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•10 days ago

protesting on our lunches. LFG.

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•10 days ago

Again, you criticized the protests as ineffective, not me.
I’ve been involved in many labor strikes over the years, all fruitful. One lasting almost 17 weeks. I’m aware of how they work, pick a date, announce it, and LFG.
I’m all in. What’s the date?

timothynfrode.bsky.social•10 days ago

We’re not seeing the millions who are on the streets signing the strike card. It also takes time to put mutual aid in place. There are links that will take you to getting involved if you’d like to help. https://linktr.ee/gsusresources

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thanks for the link, I’ll take a look later today. Resist.

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•9 days ago

Are you on the streets having them sign the strike cards? I’ve never signed a “strike card” and in this day and age, I protect my privacy. It sounds like you’re building a database with personal information, which many of us don’t want to participate in. Fundraising emails and texts are out of

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•9 days ago

I don’t mean to call you out, and it’s great that you’re doing something, but our protests are also something, to many of us, collectively, it’s a big something.

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